Houston Cougars Word Search
A free Houston Cougars (NCAA) word search you can play straight in the browser. The 12-word list draws on nicknames, arena or stadium names, and rivalry terms, hidden across a 15×15 grid in every direction. Drag through the letters to mark a word off.
Plays in the NCAA · Based in Houston.
Words to find: HOUSTON, COUGARS, COUGARHEAD, BIGEAST, CINCINNATI, TULANE, MUSTANGS, GREENWAVE, BEARCATS, KNIGHTS, SCARLET, WHITE.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
Houston Cougars word list, defined
General dictionary meanings, not specific to this puzzle's theme.
- COUGARS /ˈkuːɡərz/ · noun
- Cougars is the plural of cougar: a large, powerful wild cat (Puma concolor) native to the Americas, also called a mountain lion or puma; by extension, it can refer informally to middle-aged women who pursue romantic relationships with significantly younger men. Related: mountain lions, pumas, panthers, catamounts.
- KNIGHTS /naɪts/ · noun (plural); verb (third-person singular present)
- Knights are members of a medieval military order or recipients of a special rank, traditionally mounted warriors. In chess, knights are the pieces that move in an L-shape. Related: warriors, soldiers, chessmen.
- SCARLET /ˈskɑːrlət/ (British); /ˈskɑːrtət/ (American) · adjective, noun, verb
- Bright or vivid red. As a noun, scarlet is the color itself; as a verb, it means to make or become scarlet. Related: crimson, vermilion, blood-red, red.
- WHITE /waɪt/ · adjective
- Having the colour of milk, snow, or freshly bleached fabric; light in appearance and largely without hue. In social and political contexts, it can also designate people of European ancestry or people classified as belonging to a racial category identified as white. Related: pale, ivory, snow-white, pure.
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